Para Yoga Invocation

There is a powerful mantra that has been given to Para Yoga by Yogarupa Rod Stryker's Guru, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait.  Panditji, as he's affectionately called, is a rare master of yoga on many levels -- most importantly as a practitioner and student of Sri Swami Rama, as well as an academic with Ph.D.'s from the University of Allahabad in Sanskrit Studies and a second from the University of Pennsylvania in Eastern Philosophy where he did his thesis on Sri Vidya -- a very ancient and profound tantric lineage -- the keys to which Panditji holds through a lifetime of devotion to practice.

Recitation of mantra is a powerful way into the practice of yoga and a mantra which has been "un-locked" by a teacher is an extraordinary way to vibrationally attune to source.  It is dramatically more powerful to get a mantra from a qualified teacher than it is to simply read about it in a book and start chanting it.  The Para Yoga Invocation for Parashakti is a profound gift from Panditji to his beloved student, Yogarupa, and all students of Para Yoga.

This invocation should be chanted 3 times at the opening or closing of any tantric practice.  It is an excellent mantra to learn and chant out loud or silently to yourself at the beginning or end of your day.  Just beginning a meditation practice and chanting this 3 times before watching the breath for 2 minutes is an excellent beginning home practice.

Each class at the end of Savasana, I chant this mantra to honor the wisdom and lineage of the himalayan masters.  It deeply penetrates the 5 layers of Consciousness and permeates your being.  I will begin to teach this mantra to my students as I am guided, but here are the words:

The Parayoga Invocation for Parashakti

Ganesha graha nakshatra

Yogini rashi rupinim

Devim Mantra Mayim Naumi

Matrika Pitta Rupinim

For now, know that this mantra imparts a tremendous connection to the divine mother, the divine feminine energy that pervades the universe and honors the power and light of the stars as the same light that shines in us as us.  

Panditji completed the chanting of this mantra 3 times with Om, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.  Peace, Peace, Peace.

Hari om. Om tat sat.